Balmoral Resources Ltd. (TSX:BAR) Reports Gold Recoveries of 91.4% From Preliminary Metallurgical Testing of Bug Lake Gold Zones
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Balmoral Resources Ltd.
- Ticker
- BAR
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Quebec
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- Silver
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-08-21 13:14:07 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Balmoral Resources reported preliminary metallurgical results for the Bug Lake Gold Zones, achieving 91.4% gold and 80.2% silver recoveries. The testing, conducted on a composite sample via flotation followed by cyanide leaching, indicated rapid kinetics and low reagent consumption.
Reasoning: Preliminary metallurgical testing shows strong gold and silver recoveries using a standard flotation and cyanide leach circuit on a composite sample.
Positive factors
- High gold recovery (91.4%)
- Rapid leach kinetics
- Low cyanide and lime consumption
- Lack of deleterious elements
- Potential for coarse grind
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Gold recovery of 91.4% is in the exceptional/strong band for a mill/cyanide route.
Evidence · text
“gold recoveries of 91.4% and silver recoveries of 80.2% have been achieved”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: Testing involved flotation followed by cyanide leaching.
Evidence · text
“Results were achieved by standard flotation followed by cyanide leaching”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (2)
flotation and cyanide leachgoldRecovery: 91.4 %Head Grade: 6.3Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- BAR
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation and cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- standard flotation followed by cyanide leaching of the flotation concentrate and tails
- Sample
- Bug Lake Composite (Lower Bug Lake, Hanging Wall, Upper Bug Lake, and Footwall Zones)
Recovery
- Recovery
- 91.4 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 6.3
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Lab
- Laboratory
- Blue Coast Research Ltd.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold recovery of 91.4% is strong for a preliminary mill route test.
Positive factors
- 91.4% recovery exceeds 90% threshold
- rapid kinetics
- low reagent consumption
flotation and cyanide leachsilverRecovery: 80.2 %Head Grade: 7.1Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- BAR
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation and cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- standard flotation followed by cyanide leaching of the flotation concentrate and tails
- Sample
- Bug Lake Composite (Lower Bug Lake, Hanging Wall, Upper Bug Lake, and Footwall Zones)
Recovery
- Recovery
- 80.2 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 7.1
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Lab
- Laboratory
- Blue Coast Research Ltd.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver recovery of 80.2% is a positive result for the composite.
Positive factors
- 80.2% recovery is solid for silver byproduct
How Atlas produces this analysis
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